Liam Conlon
{{Short description|British politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Liam Conlon
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
| image = Official portrait of Liam Conlon MP crop 2.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| office = Member of Parliament
for Beckenham and Penge
| predecessor = Constituency created
| term_start = 4 July 2024
| term_end =
| majority = 12,905 (24.7%)
| birth_name = Liam Joseph Conlon
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| mother = Sue Gray
| father = William Conlon
| party = Labour
}}
Liam Joseph Conlon{{Cite journal |date=11 July 2024 |title=Members Sworn |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-11/debates/9E3094E5-9E75-4901-8B79-7554EB3C9EB4/details |journal=Hansard |volume=752 |access-date=13 July 2024}} is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Beckenham and Penge since July 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24432316.general-election-2024-labour-wins-beckenham-penge |title=General Election 2024: Labour wins Beckenham and Penge |last=Bertrand |first=Ezekiel |date=July 5, 2024 |work=News Shopper |access-date=July 5, 2024 |quote=}} A member of the Labour Party, he is the chairperson of the Labour Party Irish Society.{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Órla |title=Labour's Irish chair on running for parliament, the Troubles and... Saturdays with Philomena Begley |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/liam-conlon-election-candidate-labour-uk-6425310-Jul2024/ |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=TheJournal |date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240711164945/https://www.thejournal.ie/liam-conlon-election-candidate-labour-uk-6425310-Jul2024/ |archive-date=11 July 2024 |language=en}}
Career
In the 2006 Epping Forest District Council election, Conlon was the Labour candidate in Waltham Abbey Paternoster ward.{{Cite web |date=2006-05-04 |title=Election results for Waltham Abbey Paternoster, 4 May 2006 |url=https://eppingforest.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=154&V=2&RPID=0 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}
In 2023, Conlon was selected by party members in Beckenham and Penge constituency to be their candidate,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/30/son-of-labour-chief-of-staff-sue-gray-to-stand-for-party-as-london-mp |title=Son of Labour chief of staff Sue Gray to stand for party as London MP |last=Ambrose |first=Tom |date=November 30, 2023 |work=The Guardian |access-date=July 5, 2024 |quote=}} and was elected with a majority of 12,905 over the Conservative candidate. He is the first Labour MP to cover the whole town of Beckenham.
Conlon was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport following his election.
Personal life
Conlon is the son of Bill Conlon, a former Country music singer, and his wife, former senior civil servant Sue Gray (now Baroness Gray of Tottenham), who served as Downing Street Chief of Staff under Sir Keir Starmer from July to October 2024.{{cite news| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sue-gray-resigns-labour-starmer-b2624620.html?lid=82qkbllpm2v4&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=Morning%20Headlines%20Newsletter%2007-10-2024&utm_term=IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP| publisher= The Independent| date = 7 October 2024| title = Sue Gray quits as Starmer resets top team| access-date = 7 October 2024}} He had a hip replacement at the age of 17 due to an accident at the age of 13 where he fractured his hip; for years following the accident he was unable to walk. As a result of this, he is one of a handful of current disabled MPs, and drives an adapted car.{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Órla |date=2024-07-03 |title=Labour's Irish chair on running for parliament, the Troubles and... Saturdays with Philomena Begley |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/liam-conlon-election-candidate-labour-uk-6425310-Jul2024/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=TheJournal.ie |language=en}}
References
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External links
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